Help center · Publishing on Amazon
Set up your Kindle eBook on Amazon KDP, preview it, answer the AI question honestly, and set your price.
About 5 minutes.
Your book as an EPUB or a Word file (DOCX). Use real headings for chapters so the table of contents works. Your Kindle cover as a JPG or TIFF, ideally 2,560 pixels tall by 1,600 wide. Your ebook does not need an ISBN. Amazon gives it its own number.
Go to kdp.amazon.com and sign in with your own Amazon account.
On your Bookshelf, click + Create, then choose Kindle eBook.
On Details, enter your language, title, subtitle, series if you have one, author, contributors and description. Confirm you own the copyright. Add your keywords and categories, and answer the adult content question.
On Content, upload your manuscript and your cover.
Open the Previewer. Page through the whole book in the phone, tablet and Kindle views.
KDP asks if any text, images or translations were made by AI. If you wrote it and AI only helped you edit, brainstorm or fix grammar, answer no. If AI wrote passages or made images, answer yes and say which. Be honest. This is your account.
In the US store, you get the 70% royalty when your price is between $2.99 and $9.99. Outside that range, it is 35%. Most nonfiction ebooks sell for $4.99 to $9.99.
KDP Select is optional. It means 90 days of selling your ebook only on Amazon, in exchange for Kindle Unlimited page reads and promotions. Your paperback can still sell anywhere.
Click Publish. Amazon's review takes up to 72 hours.
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